Tie holder



March 11, 1952 BENDER 2,589,036

TIE HOLDER Filed July 19, 1950 1511/5 far:

fian fiezzaer Patented Mar. 11, 1952 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE 9 Claims.

The present invention relates to neck-tie holders.

One object of the invention is to provide a holder which is applicable to the ends of a fourin-hand tie and is adapted to hold the wide front end of the tie in symmertical shape and secure it against displacement relatively to the wearers shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie holder which is completely concealed when 1n use.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved tie holder whereby the wide front end and the narrow back end of the tie will be individually secured against displacement relatively to each other and to the shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie holder whereby the wide and narrow ends of the tie will be firmly secured in desired position on the wearers shirt.

A further object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie holder which includes a two-way bowspring for alternately securing and releasing the gripping members in their open and closed positions.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie holder which is generally of new and improved construction and is characterized by high efliciency, ease of application and removal and cheapness of manufacture.

Other objects of the invention and the various advantages and characteristics of the present tie holder will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists in the several novel features which are hereinafter set forth and are more particularly defined by claims at the.conclusion hereof.

In the drawing which accompanie and forms a part of the present specification and in which like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a tie holder embodying the invention in its tie-releasing or tie-inserting position, the tie and shirt being indicated by dotted lines in position to be gripped when the holder is closed;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the holder in tiegripping or closed position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the back member of the holder;

Fig. a is a detail perspective view of the bowspring;

' Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the front member of the holder;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the clip for connecting the back member and the bow-spring;

Fi 7 is a front view of a tie, illustrating by dotted lines the position of the concealed holder; and

Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the holder taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2.

The invention is exemplified in a tie-holder which comprises generally a back gripping member generally designated [5, for the small end of a four-in-hand tie and a portion of the front of the wearers shirt, a front gripping member generally designated ll, for holding the large end of the tie in symmetrical shape and for holding said end against the back member, and a twoway bow-spring IQ, for alternately holding the front and back members in their open position for receiving the tie ends and in their closed position wherein theyhold the tie ends in place.

The back member I5 is foremd of a flat strip of suitable resilient metal and includes a forwardly bowed back section 2'! with a rearwardly and inturned loop 22 which is adapted to be in- .serted between lapped panels In and H of the shirt front, and a forwardly bowed front section 23 which is joined to the section 2| by an integral U-shaped bend 24 and is adapted to clamp the small end [2 of the tie and the panel In of the shirt against the front face of back section 2|. The bow-spring I9 is formed of a flat strip of spring metal, such as steel, is normally straight, and is adapted while its ends are restricted against relative outward movement to exert spring pressure for either urging the front member I"! against the front face of the front section 23 while the bow spring !9 is bowed forwardly for holding the front member 11! away from the front section 23 when the spring is bowed rearwardly. In this manner the bow-spring is adapted for alternately applying forward and rearward pressure to the front member H. The front member I! fits between the front 13 and inturned folds M of the wide end of the tie, is formed of a flat strip of suitable metal, is forwardly bowed, and is provided with rearwardly and inwardly extending hooks 28 in which the ends of the bowspring [9 are seated. The hooks 28 are centrally provided with notches 2 9 into which small tongues 30 on the ends of bow-spring l9 extend, for transversely interlocking the spring and member ll. This arrangement for interlocking the parts serves as securingvmeans for retaining bow-spring H] in either a forwardly flexed position or a rearwardly flexed position. The front section 23 of the back member I 5 is provided with a forwardly extending offset 3|. A C-shaped clip 32 formed of a strip of fiat metal, extends across the front face of the bow-spring l9, around the upper and the front lower edges of said spring and section 23 is confined in the back of the offset 3| and serves to lock or secure together the central portions of the front section 23 and the bow spring l9, while leaving the outer portions of said spring free to be flexed in opposite directions.

In some instances it may be desirable more positively to secure the tie and shirt in the holder than by clamping pressure alone, and for this purpose a pair of laterally spaced pins 40 and 4| are fixedly secured to the front member I! so that they project rearwardly therefrom. These pins, when the holder is in its closed position as shown in Fig. 2, extend through holes 33 in the bow spring I9, the infolds l4 of the wide end of the tie, holes 34 in section 23, and into the narrow end l2 of the tie and the panel H) of the shirt panel that is between the back and front sections 2| and 23. The pin 40 is adapted to extend through the shirt panel and the narrow end of the tie and also through a hole '45 in the end portion of the back section 2| that has the lop 22. The loop 22 serves as a guard for the inner end of pin 40. The pin 4| terminates forwardly of the back section 2| so it will be guarded thereby.

While the bow spring |9 is forwardly bowed, the hook 28 of the front member I! will restrict outward movement of the ends of the spring so that it will be held bowed forwardly and will yieldingly urge and hold the member I! in its open position (see Fig. 1). While the spring I9 is rearwardly bowed, the hook ends 28 will restrict the ends of the spring l9 so that the spring will be urged to increase its bow and to press the member I! backwardly toward the front section 23 of the back member l5, and hold the member I! in its closed position (see Fig. 2).

To facilitate the spreading of the members l and IT to release the tie, a device is provided for prying the front member I! away from the back member It: a sufficient distance to snap the bow spring I9 across its dead center so its direction of pressure will be so reversed as to shift the member I! away from the member I5 and yieldingly hold said members spaced apart sufiiciently for the easy insertion of the member l5 and the spring l9 between the front l3 and the folds I4 of the wide end of the tie, as shown in Fig. 1. This spreader device comprises a pair of fingers 35 whichhave back turned right angle ends 31 and are welded to the inner ends of a pair of resilient strips 38. The latter have their outer ends welded to the front face of the bow-spring |9. When the holder is in its closed position as shown in Fig. 2, the ends of the fingers 36 can be pressed backwardly to cause the fingers to fulcrum on the upper and lower ends of the clip 32, twist the strips 38 and pry the central portion of the front member I! away from the central portion of the spring H! a sufficient distance to snap the spring l9 rearwards across its dead center. After the spring crosses its dead center, it will press the will hold said member I! spaced from the forwardly bowed front section 23 of the back member I5. The outer end portions of the spring l9 and the section 23 will be outwardly divergent to facilitate placement of the inturned folds l4 on the wide end of the tie, between the spring I 9 and the section 23. The front panel |0 of the shirt and the narrow end I2 of the tie will then be inserted between the sections 2| and 23 of the back member l5 and gripped thereby due to the resilient action of the bend 24. The front l3 of the wide end of the tie will then be placed around the front member I! and its inturned folds l4 inserted between the end portions of the spring l9 and the front section 23 of the back member l5. When the tie and shirt are thus positioned in the holder, the user will exert sufilcient backward pressure against the front |3 of the tie and the member I! to snap bow-spring l9 forwardly across its dead center. When the spring becomes reversely bowed it exerts backward pressure on the front member I! as shown in Fig. 2. The front l3 of the wide end of the tie will then be held in place by the rearwardly bowed front member l1, and the folds [4 of the tie will be tightly gripped between the hooks 28 of front member I! and the end portions of the front face of the front section 23 of the back member I5. When the front member I! moves backwardly, the pins 40 and 4| pass through the holes 33 in the spring l9, the folds I4 of the tie. and the holes 34 in the section 23 of the back member I5. The pins 40 will also pass through the small tie end l2, the shirt panel In and the hole 45 in the back section 2| of the back member [5. The tie will then be firmly secured in its proper position on the shirt, both ends of the tie will be secured against relative displacement, and the front member I! will be concealed by the front of the wide end of the tie. This closing of the holder completes the securing of the tie and shirt as desired and is completed when backward pressure is exerted against the front member I! to reverse the action of the bow spring l9.

If desired, the pins 40 and 4| may be omitted. The front l3 and the folds M of the large tie end may be then placed in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the front member operated to close the holder and grip said portions of the tie, and the narrow portion |2 of the tie and the shirt panel I0 may then be inserted between the sections 2| and 23 of the back member I5 to complete the tie-securing operation.

When the holder is to opened for the release of the tie, the user will exert backward pressure against the free ends of one or both of the fingers 36, so they will fulcrum on the ends of the clip 32 and pry apart the central portions of the spring I3 and the front member 11 sufliciently to snap the spring across its dead center and cause it to be flexed into its reversely bowed position. The spring |9 will then hold the member I! in its open or tie-releasing position. The front member I! is bowed so it can straighten to permit its hooks 28 to expand so that the spring can be operated across its dead center.

If desired, the holder may also be opened by the users fingers by prying the ends of the member |5 away from the ends of the front member H in order to snap the spring l9 rearwards across its dead center.

The invention exemplifies a neck-tie holder which is completely concealed by the tie; firmly secures both ends of the tie and a panel of the shirt together; holds the front of the tie in shape; can be easily manipulated into its open or closed positions; can be made, mainly, from strip metal; includes a two-way action bowspring for holding the members in open and closed positions; and can be fabricated at a low cost.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

..,1. Asa new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated front member adapted to fit behind the Wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated back member positioned behind the front member and adapted to grip the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and a spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front and back members, having its central portion supported by the center portion of said back member and positioned with respect to the front and back members so that it is capable of flexing forwardly and rearwardly, securing means supported by said front member for retaining said spring in either one of said flexed positions whereby when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends of the back member and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said back member.

2. As a new article of manufacture a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated U-shaped back member formed of spring material, ,positioned behind the front member, embodying front and back sections, and adapted yieldingly to grip between its front and back sections the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and a spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the frontand back members, having its central portion supported by the center portion of said back member and positioned with respect to the front and back members so that it is capable of flexing forwardly and backwardly, securing means supported by said front member for retaining said spring in either one of said flexed positionswhereby when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends of the front section and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and whenflexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds 6. the front member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said front section.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated forwardly bowed front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and provided at the ends thereof with rearwardly and inwardly extending hooks adapted to have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around them, a horizontally elongated back member positioned behind, and in substantially parallel relation with, the front member and adapted to grip the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and a two-position bow-spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front member and the back member, having its central portion connected to the central portion of said back member, and having its ends fitting within the hooks and so operatively connected thereto that when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein the hooks are spaced forwards from the ends of the back member and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front member in a closed position wherein the hooks clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said back member.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated forwardly bowed front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and provided at the ends thereof with rearwardly and inwardly extending hooks adapted to have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around them, a horizontally elongated U-shaped back member formed of spring material, positioned behind, and in substantially parallel relation with, the front member, embodying front and back sections, and adapted yieldingly to grip between its front and back sections the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and a two-position bowspring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front member and the front section of the back member, having its central portion connected to the, central portion of said front section, and having its ends fitting within the hooks and so operatively connected thereto that when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds thefront member in an open position wherein the hooks are spaced forwards from the ends of the front section and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in a closed position wherein the hooks clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of the front section.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated, forwardly bowed front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated back member formed of thin strip material, positioned behind, and in substantially parallel relation with, the front member, provided at its central portion with a forwardly extending offset, and adapted to grip the narrow end 'of the tie and the front Shirt portion, and a two-way bow-spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front member and the back member, having its central portion connected .to the aforesaid offset by a C-shaped clip, and having its ends so operatively connected to the front member that when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends of the back member and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said back member.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to the front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated U-shaped back member formed of spring material, positioned behind the front member, embodying front and back sections, adapted yieldingly to grip between its front and back sections the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and provided with a transverse hole inwards of one end of its front section, a spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front and back members, having its central portion supported by the center portion of said back member, positioned with respect to the front and back members so that .it is capable of flexing forwardly and rearwardly, and embodying inwards of one end thereof a transverse hole in alignment with the hole in said front section, securing means supported by said front member for retaining said spring in either one of said flexed positions whereby when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends of the front section and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front'member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said front section, and a pin connected to, and projecting rearwards from, the front member, aligned with the two aforementioned holes, and adapted when the front member is manipulated into its closed position to pass through the hole in the bowspring, the adjacent infold of the front end of the tie, the hole in the front section of the back member and the narrow end of the tie.

'7. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional .four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated, forwardly bulged front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and provided at the ends thereof with rearwardly and inwardly extending hooks adapted to have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around them, a horizontally elongated U-shaped back member formed of spring material, positioned behind, and in substantially parallel relation with the front member, embodying front and back sections, adapted yieldingly to grip between its front and back sections the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and provided with trans-'- verse holes inwards of the ends of its front section, a two-position bow-spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of. the front member and the front section of the back member, having its central portion connected to the central portion of said front section, embodying inwards of its ends transverse holes in alignment with the holes in said front section, and having its ends fitting within the hooks and so operatively connected thereto that when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein the hooks are spaced forwards from the ends of the front section and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in a closed position wherein the hooks clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of the front section, and a pair of laterally spaced pins connected to, and projecting rearwards from, the end portions of the front member, aligned with the aforesaid holes and adapted when the front member is manipulated into its closed position to pass through the holes in the bow-spring, the infolds of the wide tie end, the holes in the front section of the back member, and the narrow end of the tie.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the 'users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated back member positioned behind the front member and adapted to grip the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, and a spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front and back members, having its central portion supported by the center portion of said back member and positioned with respect to the front and back members so that it is capable of flexing forwardly and rearwardly, securing means supported by said front member for retaining said spring in either one of said flexed'positions whereby when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front memberand past its-dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends'of the back member and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lappedaround them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide endof'theti'e against the ends of 'said'back member, :andmovable means "whereby after the front member is in its closed position the front and back members may be pried apart in order to effect such flexing of the bow-spring as to cause the front member to move into its open position.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a holder adapted to retain the wide and narrow ends of a tied conventional four-in-hand tie in place with respect to a front portion of the users shirt and comprising a horizontally elongated front member adapted to fit behind the wide end of the tie and have the usual infolds of the wide tie end lapped around its ends, a horizontally elongated U-shaped back member formed of spring material, positioned behind the front member, embodying front and back sections, and adapted yieldingly to grip between its front and back sections the narrow end of the tie and the shirt front portion, a spring disposed between, and extending lengthwise of, the front and back members, having its central portion supported by the center portion of said back member and positioned with respect to the front and back members so that it is capable of flexing forwardly and rearwardly, securing means supported by said front member for retaining said spring in either one of said iflegxed positions whereby when it is flexed rearwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it holds the front member in an open position wherein its ends are spaced forwards from the ends of the front section and permit the infolds of the wide tie end to be lapped around them or removed therefrom and when flexed forwards with respect to the front member and past its dead center it yieldingly holds the front member in a closed position wherein its ends clamp the infolds of the wide end of the tie against the ends of said front section, and means whereby after the front member is in its closed position the front and back members may be pried apart in order to effect such flexing of the bow-spring as to cause the front member to move into its open position, said means comprising a pair of complemental oppositely disposed transversely movable finger-like elements positioned adjacent the central portion of the spring.

FRANK M. BENDER.

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